Doubles from Harvey Barnes and Jamie Vardy helped Leicester City secure a comfortable 4-0 victory over Aston Villa.

Leicester City arrived in Manchester on an 11-match unbeaten run, but were outclassed throughout despite taking the lead through Jamie Vardy.

Premier League: Leicester closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool as Jamie Vardy extended his red-hot streak with a brace in record-breaking 4-1 rout of Aston Villa.

Southampton vs Leicester: The rout equalled Manchester United's 9-0 demolition of Ipswich at Old Trafford in March 1995.

Rebekah Vardy says she has received death threats even aimed at her unborn child since Wayne Rooney's wife Coleen accused her of leaking stories.

Streaming service Netflix appeared to make a joke about the spat, tweeting: "We're going to have to make a documentary about this, aren't we."

Jeffrey Schlupp, Andros Townsend and Luka Milivojevic were the goal scorers for Crystal Palace.

Leicester City's Premier League match away to Cardiff on Saturday will go ahead as planned.

Luke Shaw sealed the points seven minutes from time before Jamie Vardy headed home a consolation for the visitors.

In six seasons at Leicester, Vardy, 31, has scored 88 goals and most memorably spearheaded the Foxes' incredible Premier League triumph in 2015/16.

England are scheduled to lock horns with Sweden at Samara Arena in the third quarterfinal of the tournament on Saturday.

Joe Hart and Jack Wilshere fail to make the cut in the FIFA World Cup squad.

Jamie Vardy scored the goal that effectively ensured Leicester City would remain in the Premier League as the outgoing champions won 1-0 away to West Bromwich Albion.

Jamie Vardy scored in vain as Leicester City's Champions League fairytale came to a valiant end following a 1-1 quarter-final draw at home to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.

England have 13 points, four ahead of Slovakia with just the nine group winners in Europe guaranteed a place at the finals in Russia in 2018 World Cup.

Jamie Vardy's first-half opener was Leicester's first league goal in seven games and made them the last team from Europe's five major championships to find the net in 2017.

At a rain-sodden King Power Stadium, Jamie Vardy hit his first top-flight treble and Andy King also found the net to ensure Leicester City atoned for their 5-0 Champions League mauling by Porto.

Manchester United, who have confirmed they are close to re-signing former player Paul Pogba from Juventus, open their Premier League campaign at Bournemouth next Sunday